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TORONTO – Earlier today at a Canada Basketball media conference, Steve Nash, General Manager of Canada's senior men's national team, named Jay Triano head coach of the men's national team.
“I know that Jay is the right man for this job,” declared Nash. “He is a confirmed and respected leader in the basketball community and he has the experience and knowledge to lead us towards our goal of becoming one of the leading basketball nations.”
Triano, 53, becomes the 10
th head coach of the senior men's national team since 1954. The Niagara Falls native has an outstanding coaching pedigree, as well as being an accomplished player and three-time Olympian.
He first worked with the senior men's national team as assistant coach and in 1998 he took on the role as head coach, which he kept until 2004, posting a 52-42 (.553) record. During this time, Triano led the national team to compete at Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.
